Top Chef Canada names Calgary's Nicole Gomes the All Star winner

Top Chef Canada returned for an All Star epic battle, and Nicole Gomes of Calgary emerged the winner in a tense cook-off finale that aired Sunday night.

Gomes, who earned the nickname “Tasmanian devil” for her quick kitchen moves, is beloved in her hometown of YYC as a caterer and her Southern fried and French style rotisserie chicken take-out restaurant called Cluck N’ Cleaver.

Photo courtesy Cluck N’ Cleaver

In the Top Chef Canada finale, Gomes first survived an elimination quickfire that found Vancouver’s Trevor Bird (Fable, Fable Diner) sent home. The final head-to-head was between Gomes and Toronto’s Dustin Gallagher.